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Lexicon :: Strong's G2853 - kollaō

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κολλάω
Transliteration
kollaō (Key)
Pronunciation
kol-lah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From kolla ("glue")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:822,452

Strong’s Definitions

κολλάω kolláō, kol-lah'-o; from κόλλα kólla ("glue"); to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively):—cleave, join (self), keep company.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2853 in the following manner: join (one's) self (4x), cleave (3x), be joined (2x), keep company (1x), variations of 'reach' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2853 in the following manner: join (one's) self (4x), cleave (3x), be joined (2x), keep company (1x), variations of 'reach' (1x).
  1. to glue, to glue together, cement, fasten together

  2. to join or fasten firmly together

  3. to join one's self to, cleave to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κολλάω kolláō, kol-lah'-o; from κόλλα kólla ("glue"); to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively):—cleave, join (self), keep company.
STRONGS G2853:
κολλάω, κόλλω: passive, present κολλωμαι; 1 aorist ἐκολλήθην; 1 future κολλεθήσομαι (Matthew 19:5 L T Tr WH); (κόλλα gluten, glue); properly, to glue, glue to, glue together, cement, fasten together; hence universally, to join or fasten firmly together; in the N. T. only the passive is found, with reflexive force, to join oneself to, cleave to; the Sept. for דָּבַק: κονιορτός κολληθεις ἡμῖν, Luke 10:11; ἐκολλήθησαν αὐτῆς αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, her sins were such a heap as to reach even unto heaven (that is, came to the knowledge of heaven), Revelation 18:5, G L T Tr WH (ἐκολλ. ψυχή μου ὀπίσω σου, Psalm 62:9 (Ps. 63:9); αἱ ἄγνοιαί ἡμῶν ὑπερήνεγκαν ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, 1 Esdr. 8:72 (74); ὕβρις τέ βιη τέ οὐρανόν ἱκει, Homer Odyssey 15, 329; 17, 565). of persons, with the dative of the thing, κολλήθητι τῷ ἅρματι join thyself to etc. Acts 8:29; with the dative of person, to form an intimate connection with, enter into the closest relations with, unite oneself to (so the Epistle of Barnabas 10, 3f, 5, 8 [ET] also with μετά and the genitive of person, ibid. 10, 11 [ET]; 19, 2 [ET]. 6; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 15, 1 [ET]; 30, 3 [ET]; 46, 2 [ET] (cf. Lightfoot's note), 4): τῇ γυναικί, Matthew 19:5 L T Tr WH; τῇ πόρνη, 1 Corinthians 6:16 (Sir. 19:2); τῷ κυρίῳ, 1 Corinthians 6:17 (2 Kings 18:6; Sir. 2:3); to join oneself to one as an associate, keep company witlb Acts 5:13; Acts 9:26; Acts 10:28; to follow one, be on his side, Acts 17:34 (2 Samuel 20:2; 1 Macc. 3:2 1 Macc. 6:21); to join or attach oneself to a master or patron, Luke 15:15; with the dative of the thing, to give oneself steadfastly to, labor for (A. V. cleave to): τῷ ἀγαθῷ, Romans 12:9, ἀγαθῷ, κρίσει δίκαια, the Epistle of Barnabas 20, 2 [ET]; τῇ εὐλογία, so cleave to as to share, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 31, 1 [ET]. (Aeschylus Ag. 1566; Plato, Diodorus, Plutarch, others) (Compare: προσκολλάω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
1; 20:2
2 Kings
18:6
Psalms
62:9; 63:9
Matthew
19:5; 19:5
Luke
10:11; 15:15
Acts
5:13; 8:29; 9:26; 10:28; 17:34
Romans
12:9
1 Corinthians
6:16; 6:17; 15; 15:1
Revelation
18:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2853 matches the Greek κολλάω (kollaō),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:13 - It is the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:20 - You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60 - And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:3 - Nevertheless, he clung to the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:6 - For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:38 - when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods stick fast together?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:16 - One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:23 - The folds of his flesh stick together,
firmly cast on him and immovable.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
for I wait for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:8 - My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:4 - A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:5 - Because of my loud groaning
my bones cling to my flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - Daleth
My soul clings to the dust;
give me life according to your word!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I cling to your testimonies, O LORD;
let me not be put to shame!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the LORD, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up without mercy
all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
the kingdom and its rulers.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The tongue of the nursing infant sticks
to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
the children beg for food,
but no one gives to them.
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